Well, some monarch butterfly caterpillars are finding out what it’s like to live on the ISS.  Ohhh, my imagination wants to take flight with this one!

Home page of Monarchs in Space Project:

http://www.monarchwatch.org/space/

Photo Galleries:

http://monarchwatch.smugmug.com/

Monarchs on the space station:

The three caterpillars have pupated as of 11-24-09.

http://monarchwatch.smugmug.com/Monarchs-in-Space/Monarchs-on-the-Space-Station/10305636_wwEsm#723235065_knLtu

Heavens to Mergatroyd!  I have been so jittery this week!  Eek!  It feels artificially induced.  Knock it off!

Today, November 20th, is a weird day for me.  In 1997, 1998 and 1999, on this day,  tumultuous events happened to me.

The months of October and November are notorious for people falling, finding out they are terminally ill, passing and committing suicide.  These events come in clusters.  I’ve written about this before.

http://pollyann.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/october-fall/

http://pollyann.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/the-harshness-of-october/

There was a 6.0 earthquake in the Azores on Nov. 4th.  As soon as I saw the email alert I knew it was a trigger of sorts for big trouble to come and soon.  The next day was the shooting in Texas at Fort Hood, then the shooting in Florida the following day.  The trouble associated with this trigger is not over.

This baby has genetics which were not present in previous generations.

Temporary link:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/FILE—This-undated-file-photo-provided-Washington-County-Sheriff-Office/photo//091105/480/6da3e88703904b679580732cc1e4794d//s:/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_florida_baby

I’ve been viewing Jupiter at night for months because it is so close and bright and I have been able to barely see without optical aid what I thought to be one of Jupiter’s moons, as well, to the upper left of the planet.  I finally looked up a recent picture of nighttime Jupiter at a website and sure enough, two of Jupiter’s moons were pictured in approximately the 10 o’clock position which is what I have been seeing.  Amazing!  And my eyesight is not so great either.

Edgar Cayce talked about Jupiter being related to our pituitary glands and the mystical third eye, and that energy goes back and forth between this planet and these glands in us.  The other planets in our solar system are related to other glands in our bodies.

This is an interesting development posted at www.spaceweather.com

Look up the archived page for Oct. 27, 2009.  Archive search is near top right of page.

I’m not sure I agree with the experts referred to in the post, though.  Where are my X-ray glasses?

MYSTERY OBJECT: Yesterday, astronomers in Arizona, New Mexico and Spain, all hunting for near-Earth asteroids, discovered a “mystery object” orbiting Earth. Temporarily named “9UO1FF6,” it is small and in an elongated, 31-day orbit. Experts say it is probably a piece of an Apollo-era Moon mission. We’ll get a closer look on Oct. 29th when it zips past Earth about 82,000 km (0.2 lunar distances) away.

We might have some wet snow here by early morning.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

I was thinking last night after I heard it reported that NASA is encouraging the public to both view and photograph the lunar impacts scheduled for Oct. 9th, there might be something very important most will miss because they are being invited to focus on the moon event instead.

Ya know???

I am contemplating the symbolism of a Monarch Butterfly whose wings did not unfurl properly after exiting the chrysalis three days ago and who cannot fly.  In other words, this is a grounded monarch butterfly who will not be migrating to Mexico this fall — one who will not be transmitting genetic information to the rest of the flock.

This was a caterpillar who formed its stunning, light green chrysalis with shiny, gold studs encircling it on a broccoli plant gone to flower.  We kept waiting to see if a monarch would emerge.  I tried to feed it nectar the day before yesterday but it did not want to feed. 

There are still a few monarchs passing through on their way south.  They stop at the butterfly bushes or zinnias to sip fuel.